More than half of what we communicate is communicated not through words but
through body language. This includes our posture, facial expressions, and gestures. Because body language is so important,
you'll want to know how to interpret meanings of people's body language. Here are some examples of body language and its meaning.
(Note: these meanings are for North America. Interpretations may differ a bit in other cultures.)

A smile is a sign of friendliness and interest. But people sometimes smile
just to be polite. To get another clue from people's faces, notice their eyes.

Friendliness and interest are expressed when a person's eyes meet yours (especially
when you are the one who is talking) and then look away and meet yours again. A person who doesn't look away is expressing
a challenge. A person who doesn't look at you is expressing a lack of interest (or is shy). Hand gestures can mean a person
is interested in the conversation. Stay away from someone who points at you while talking with you: that person might be angry
at you or feel superior to you.

5. T / F A person who doesn't look at you is expressing confidence and friendliness.

6. T / F Someone who points at you might be angry at you.

C. Read this
article about ghosts. Then circle T (true) or F (false).

SANDFORD ORCAS MANOR

Dorset, England

Next to the church in the village of Sandford Orcas there is an old gatehouse. If you go through the gate you arrive at the sinister manor house which
is famous for its large number of ghosts.

The present owner of the manor says that it is difficult to keep servants because the ghosts frighten them. Many people have
seen the ghost of the previous owner. He was a farmer who committed suicide by hanging himself from the gatehouse, and he
often appears in the garden wearing old working clothes.

Another ghost is an 18th century priest who used to kill visitors while they were asleep in their beds. He still sometimes
frightens guests in the middle of the night by standing over their beds holding a knife.

The ghost of a servant sometimes walks along the dark corridors of the house. He murdered his master at Sandford Orcas, but
nobody knows why.

But perhaps the most frightening story is of a young man who grew up in the house and then became a sailor. While he was at
sea, he killed a boy, and then went mad. When he returned to Sandford Orcas, they locked him in a room at the back of the
house. He never left the room again, and died there several years later. On some nights when the moon is full, you can hear
him screaming and banging on the door of the room.

1. T / F Sandford Orcas manor is famous because it is very old

2. T / F Many people have seen the ghost of the present owner who lives at the back of the house

3. T / F There was a ghost which used to kill guests in the middle of the night, while
they were sleeping in their beds; it was the ghost of a priest

4. T / F Most villagers know that a master murdered his servant and the master's ghost often
walks along the dark corridors of the house

5. T / F A sailor killed a boy in Sandford Orcas and he died a few months later in a room at
the back of the house

More than half of what we communicate is communicated not through words but
through body language. This includes our posture, facial expressions, and gestures. Because body language is so important,
you'll want to know what yours is saying and how to interpret other peoples, too. Here are some examples of body language
and its meaning. (Note: these meanings are for North America. Interpretations may differ a bit in other cultures.)

A smile is a sign of friendliness and interest. But people sometimes smile
just to be polite. To get another clue from peoples faces, notice their eyes.

Friendliness and interest are expressed when a person's eyes meet yours (especially
when you are the one who is talking) and then look away and meet yours again. A person who doesn't look away is expressing
a challenge. A person who doesn't look at you is expressing a lack of interest (or is shy). Hand gestures can mean a person
is interested in the conversation. Stay away from someone who points at you while talking with you: that person might be angry
at you or feel superior to you.

5. T / F A person who doesn't look at you is expressing confidence and friendliness.

6. T / F Someone who points at you might
be angry at you.

C. Read this
article about ghosts. Then circle T (true) or F (false).

SANDFORD ORCAS MANOR

Dorset, England

Next to the church in the village of Sandford Orcas there is an old gatehouse. If you go through the gate you arrive at the sinister manor house which is famous for its
large number of ghosts.

The present owner of the manor says that it is difficult to keep servants
because the ghosts frighten them. Many people have seen the ghost of the previous owner. he was a farmer who committed suicide
by hanging himself from the gatehouse, and he often appears in the garden wearing old working clothes.

Another ghost is an 18th century priest who used to kill visitors while they
were asleep in their beds. He still sometimes frightens guests in the middle of the night by standing over their beds holding
a knife.

The ghost of a servant sometimes walks along the dark corridors of the house.
He murdered his master at Sandford Orcas, but nobody knows why.

But perhaps the most frightening story is of a young man who grew up in the
house and then became a sailor. While he was at sea, he killed a boy, and then went mad. When he returned to Sandford
Orcas, they locked him in a room at the back of the house. He never left the room again, and died there several years later.
On some nights when the moon is full, you can hear him screaming and banging on the door of the room.

1. T / F Sandford Orcas manor is famous because it is very old (F)

2. T / F Many people have seen the ghost of the present owner who lives at the
back of the house (F)

3. T / F There was a ghost which used to kill guests in the middle of the
night, while they were sleeping in their beds; it was the ghost of a priest (T)

4. T / F Most villagers know that a master murdered his servant and the master's ghost
often walks along the dark corridors of the house (F)

5. T / F A sailor killed a boy in Sandford Orcas and he died a few months later in
a room at the back of the house (F)